anniversary
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1.3
- noun
- /ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri/
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aniversario
- Next month is my five year anniversary on YouTube.
- celebrate an anniversary
- an anniversary celebration
- mark the anniversary
Bye bye and happy anniversary, Doctor Who baby.
- Bye bye and happy anniversary, Doctor Who baby.
- Yesterday was the two year anniversary of my dad passing.
- My ex-boyfriend of two years cheated on our anniversary with his best friend's girlfriend.
- Narcissists tend to ruin special days, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, you name it.
- We follow three sisters who are dealing with the anniversary of the death of their fourth sister.
Examples
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Happy five year anniversary to Elmo.
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I almost forgot to say happy anniversary!
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And the gift that you give on anniversary is paper based, right?
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Wow guys, is it our anniversary dinner?
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Yesterday was the two year anniversary of my dad passing.
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Tomorrow is the anniversary of the founding of the village.
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In honor of the first anniversary of his death, we are pleased to publish this story.
Fiction book (1993) -
I took her for our anniversary to that apple orchard.
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Oh, and happy 50th anniversary.
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Tomorrow is the anniversary of the founding of the village.
Compounds
The 50th anniversary of a marriage, celebrated as a major milestone
How Commemorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
anniversary = annivers + ary
Although historically analyzable into Latin elements meaning 'year' + 'return', the components are not productive English morphemes and the word is not transparently built from a recognizable English base for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Anniversary comes from the Latin parts annus ('year') and vers- ('to turn'), which together meant a 'yearly turning'. So an anniversary is the day an event 'comes back' each year, and you can see the same root in annual.